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2023
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1990 Hip Hop Album Releases
1989
1991
1990
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Apr 17
A Tribe Called Quest
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
85
critic score
(6)
84
user score
(1,329)
Apr 10
Public Enemy
Fear of a Black Planet
90
critic score
(7)
84
user score
(650)
May 16
Ice Cube
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
72
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(624)
Aug 27
LL Cool J
Mama Said Knock You Out
82
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(169)
May 22
Eric B. & Rakim
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
66
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(107)
Aug 14
N.W.A.
100 Miles and Runnin'
47
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(72)
Aug 22
Vanilla Ice
Ice Ice Baby
100
critic score
(1)
38
user score
(71)
Oct 29
A Tribe Called Quest
Can I Kick It?
95
user score
(67)
Dec 4
Brand Nubian
One for All
83
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(66)
Jul 1
Ice Cube
Kill at Will
69
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(65)
Aug 13
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
Wanted: Dead or Alive
90
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(63)
Dec 15
EPMD
Business as Usual
80
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(56)
Aug 1
Geto Boys
The Geto Boys
69
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(56)
Mar 26
Digital Underground
Sex Packets
79
critic score
(3)
70
user score
(54)
Aug 28
Vanilla Ice
To the Extreme
65
critic score
(3)
24
user score
(50)
Oct 9
Paris
The Devil Made Me Do It
67
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(42)
Jul 24
Masta Ace
Take A Look Around
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(40)
Jul 17
Boogie Down Productions
Edutainment
60
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(39)
Feb 12
MC Hammer
Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
64
critic score
(3)
36
user score
(39)
Mar 20
Bell Biv DeVoe
Poison
77
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(38)
Feb 22
Above The Law
Livin' Like Hustlers
78
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(37)
Jan 13
MC Hammer
U Can't Touch This
65
user score
(34)
Jun 2
Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth
Funky Technician
77
user score
(34)
Oct 30
Big Daddy Kane
Taste of Chocolate
75
critic score
(3)
61
user score
(29)
Feb 19
A Tribe Called Quest
Bonita Applebum
88
user score
(26)
Aug 27
Too $hort
Short Dog's in the House
74
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(26)
May 15
X CLAN
To the East, Blackwards
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(24)
Oct 16
Run-D.M.C.
Back from Hell
56
critic score
(3)
54
user score
(24)
Mar 24
Compton's Most Wanted
It's a Compton Thang
80
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(23)
May 29
Poor Righteous Teachers
Holy Intellect
90
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(22)
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Dec 4
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Sing the Blues
46
critic score
(3)
55
user score
(21)
Dec 30
Kid Rock
Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast
45
critic score
(2)
22
user score
(19)
Apr 11
A Tribe Called Quest
I Left My Wallet in El Segundo
83
user score
(15)
Mar 19
Salt-n-Pepa
Blacks' Magic
87
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(14)
Jul 13
2 Live Crew
Banned in the U.S.A.
90
critic score
(1)
50
user score
(12)
Dec 13
C+C Music Factory
Gonna Make You Sweat
87
critic score
(2)
56
user score
(11)
May 15
Snap!
World Power
54
user score
(6)
1990
London Posse
Gangster Chronicle
67
user score
(6)
Jul 16
The Jaz
To Your Soul
72
user score
(5)
Oct 2
Candyman
Ain't No Shame in My Game
65
user score
(4)
Jan 1
Tairrie B
Power of a Woman
60
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(3)
Oct 8
Too $hort
The Ghetto
60
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(3)
May 29
The West Coast Rap All-Stars
We're All in the Same Gang
95
user score
(2)
Oct 2
H.W.A.
Livin' In a Hoe House
47
user score
(2)
1990
Lakim Shabazz
The Lost Tribe of Shabazz
64
user score
(2)
1990
M.C. Pooh
Life of a Criminal
59
user score
(2)
1990
Kyper
Tic-Tac-Toe
52
user score
(2)
1990
MC Shy D
Don't Sweat Me
40
critic score
(1)
55
user score
(1)
1990
DJ Spanish Fly
I’m Da Nigga
65
user score
(1)
1990
Big Lady K
Bigger Than Life
60
user score
(1)
Aug 20
2 Live Jews
As Kosher As They Wanna Be
60
critic score
(1)
Mar 13
Kid 'n Play
Funhouse
74
critic score
(2)
1990
Various Artists
Explicit Rap
60
critic score
(1)
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